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Everything about File Control Block
A File Control Block (FCB) is a file system structure in which the state of an open file is maintained. A FCB is managed by the operating system, but it resides in the memory of the program that uses the file, not in operating system memory. This allows a process to have as many files open at one time as it wants, provided it can spare enough memory for an FCB per file. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: File Control BlockA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A scaling distributed access control model for blockchain-based file storage systemsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The CP/M handbook with mp/mThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: IPFS based file storage access control and authentication model for secure data transfer using block chain techniqueCited 14 times
- Go sideways: COM fileA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Program Segment PrefixA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
The CP/M handbook with mp/mRodnay Zaks · 1980
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